TWI754874B - Electric connector and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

An electric connector and its manufacturing method is provided, the service life of the electrical connector is increased by providing structural reinforcement of the tongue in the electrical connector through the installation of reinforced conductors, at the same time, the reinforced conductor is electrically connected to the intermediate conductor layer and the conductive shell to form a ground loop to reduce signal interference and improve signal transmission efficiency.

Description

Electrical connector and method of making the same

The present invention is an electrical connector technology, and more specifically, relates to an electrical connector and a manufacturing method thereof which can improve structural strength and reduce signal interference.

In recent years, electronic devices have been developing in the direction of being light, thin and short. In response to the development of thin and light electronic devices, the size of electrical connectors has been continuously required to be reduced. In this way, the impact on electrical connectors will not only increase the difficulty of processing , will also cause the weakening of the structural strength.

Generally speaking, an electrical connector will have components such as conductive terminals and insulators. At present, the components of electrical connectors are usually assembled to complete the combination between the conductive terminals and the insulator. However, as the size of the electrical connector continues The size of each component in the electrical connector is bound to be reduced accordingly, which also leads to the reduction of the overall structural strength of the electrical connector. For example, for the currently popular TYPE-C interface on the market, due to its small overall size, the structural strength of the docking part (ie the tongue) in the TYPE-C female connector is relatively fragile, and it is very easy to be installed in the connector. Damaged by repeated plugging and unplugging operations.

Therefore, how to improve the above deficiencies, while improving the structural strength of the electrical connector and simplifying the manufacturing process of the electrical connector, is an urgent problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides an electrical connector, comprising: an insulating spacer, a plurality of conductive terminals, an insulator, a reinforced conductor, and a conductive shell, and the insulating spacer includes a an insulating conductor layer; the conductive terminals are respectively arranged on opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer to form a semi-finished electrical connector with the insulating spacer, and each of the conductive terminals includes a contact portion; the The insulating system covers a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product, and has an insulating body base and a tongue portion, the tongue portion is extended from the insulating body base and exposes the contact portion of each of the conductive terminals; the reinforced conductor system is bonded to the The insulator wraps a part of the tongue for providing structural reinforcement to the tongue; the conductive shell system has a hollow structure, and the conductive shell system is bonded to the insulator base so that the tongue is located in the hollow structure A plug-in structure is formed inside; wherein, the reinforced conductor system is electrically connected to the intermediate conductor layer and the conductive shell respectively to form a ground loop.

Optionally, in the above-mentioned electrical connector, a positioning structure is further formed on the intermediate conductor layer, and the positioning structure extends from the insulator and clamps the reinforcement conductor to provide positioning for the reinforcement conductor.

Optionally, in the above-mentioned electrical connector, the spaced conductor layer is further formed with a grounding structure, and the grounding structure protrudes from the insulator to contact the reinforcement conductor, so as to complete the spaced conductor layer and the reinforcement conductor. electrical connection between the two.

Optionally, in the above-mentioned electrical connector, the reinforced conductor system has an elastic abutting structure, and the elastic abutting structure abuts the conductive shell, so as to complete the gap between the reinforced conductor and the conductive shell electrical connection.

Optionally, in the above electrical connector, each of the conductive terminals has a wiring portion, the wiring portion is connected to the wire at the position of the insulator base, and the wiring portion is located on each of the conductive terminals away from the contact portion. one end.

Optionally, the electrical connector further includes a covering body, and the covering system covers the insulator base to provide protection at the junction of the conductive shell, the insulator and the wire.

Optionally, in the above electrical connector, the electrical connector is a female electrical connector, and the female electrical connector is used to electrically plug a male electrical connector, wherein the reinforcing conductor The system has a guiding structure, the guiding structure is arranged at a position adjacent to the side edge of the tongue, so as to guide the male electrical connector into the plug-in structure, and the contact with each of the conductive terminals exposed on the tongue external electrical contact.

The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used for manufacturing the above-mentioned electrical connector. The method for manufacturing the electrical connector includes: arranging the conductive terminals on opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer, and forming the electrical connector semi-finished product with the insulating spacer; forming the insulator by means of embedding and injection, making the insulator cover a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product to form the insulator base and the tongue; combining the reinforced conductor On the insulator, the tongue portion is provided with structural reinforcement, and the contact portion of each of the conductive terminals is exposed; and the conductive shell is combined with the insulator base to form the plug-in structure.

The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used for manufacturing the above-mentioned electrical connector. The method for manufacturing the electrical connector includes: arranging the conductive terminals on opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer, and The semi-finished electrical connector is formed with the insulating spacer; the insulator is formed by means of embedding and injection, so that the insulator covers a part of the semi-finished electrical connector to form the insulator base seat and the tongue; make the reinforced conductor combine with the insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the tongue and expose the contact part of each of the conductive terminals; combine the conductive shell with the insulator base to form the plug connecting structure; and connecting the wires to the connecting parts respectively.

Optionally, in the above-mentioned electrical connector manufacturing method, it further includes providing a covering body, so that the covering body covers the insulator base.

To sum up, the electrical connector and the manufacturing method thereof provided by the present invention not only increase the structural strength of the tongue by the design of the reinforced conductor, so as to improve the service life of the electrical connector, but also can be formed in the electrical connector. A ground loop is used to reduce signal interference and improve the signal transmission effect of the electrical connector.

1: Electrical connector

11: Semi-finished electrical connector

111: Insulation spacer

1111: Spacer conductor layer/metal spacer

1111A: Grounding Structure

1111B: Positioning Structures

1112: Spacer insulation

112: Conductive terminal

112A: The first conductive terminal group

112B: The second conductive terminal group

1121: Contact Department

1122: Wiring Department

12: Insulator

121: Insulator base

122: Tongue

1221: Left edge part

1222: Right edge part

1223: Front edge part

13: Reinforced conductors

131: Elastic contact structure

132: Bootstrap structure

133: Left side cover

134: Right side covering

135: Front cover

14: Conductive shell

141: Hollow Structure

142: plug-in structure

15: Covering body

2: Wire

1A to 1B are schematic views of the overall structure of the electrical connector of the present invention.

2A to 2C are schematic diagrams illustrating the structural assembly of the insulating spacer and the conductive terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structural assembly of the insulator of the present invention.

4A to 4B are schematic diagrams of structural assembly of the reinforced conductor of the present invention.

FIG. 5A to FIG. 6B are schematic diagrams of structural assembly of the conductive housing of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structural assembly of the cladding body of the present invention.

The following content will be matched with the drawings, and the technical content of this creation will be described with specific specific embodiments. Those who are familiar with this technology can easily understand other aspects of this creation from the content disclosed in this specification. Advantages and efficacy. The present invention can also be implemented or applied by other different specific embodiments. Various details in this specification can also be modified and changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of this creation. In particular, the proportions and relative positions of the various elements in the drawings are for exemplary purposes only, and do not represent the actual implementation of the present invention.

The present invention provides an electrical connector 1. In this embodiment, the electrical connector 1 is a female connector, such as a female connector of a TYPE-C connector, which can be electrically plugged into a male electrical connector. (not shown), so as to perform the signal transmission operation.

1A and FIG. 1B , the electrical connector 1 of the present invention mainly includes an insulating spacer 111 , a plurality of conductive terminals 112 , an insulator 12 , a reinforcing conductor 13 , and a conductive shell 14 .

Please refer to FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C , the insulating spacer 111 includes a spacer conductor layer 1111 , wherein the spacer conductor layer 1111 is, for example, a metal spacer, and the insulating spacer 111 also includes a spacer formed in the metal. The insulating layers 1112 on the opposite side surfaces of the spacer 1111 allow the metal spacer 1111 to be erected therein to form a sandwich structure. In this embodiment, the insulating spacer 111 is made by, for example, integral molding. .

Please continue to refer to FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C , the conductive terminals 112 are respectively arranged on opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer 111 to form a semi-finished electrical connector 11 in combination with the insulating spacer 111 . As shown in FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the conductive terminals 112 include a first conductive terminal group 112A and a second conductive terminal group 112B, and the insulating spacer 111 is disposed on the first conductive terminal group 112A and the second conductive terminal group 112B for reducing signal crosstalk between the first conductive terminal group 112A and the second conductive terminal group 112B. Furthermore, each of the conductive terminals 112 further includes a contact portion 1121 for being electrically connected with the mating electrical connector (male connector).

As shown in FIG. 3 , the insulator 12 covers a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product 11 and has an insulator base 121 and a tongue 122 , wherein the tongue 122 extends from the insulator base 121 and exposes the conductive terminals 112 part of the contact portion 1121.

Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B , the reinforcing conductor 13 is bonded to the outer layer of the insulator 12 and covers a part of the tongue portion 122 for structural reinforcement of the tongue portion 122 .

Referring to FIG. 5A , the conductive shell 14 has a hollow structure 141 , and the conductive shell 14 is bonded to the insulator base 121 of the insulator 12 , so that the tongue portion 122 of the insulator 12 is located in the hollow structure 141 of the conductive shell 14 A plug-in structure 142 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) is formed inside for plugging the male connector.

Referring to FIGS. 4B and 5B, in one embodiment, the reinforcing conductor 13 has a guiding structure 132 disposed adjacent to the side of the tongue portion 122 for guiding the male electrical connector (not shown) into the socket The contact structure 142 is in electrical contact with the contact portion 1121 of each conductive terminal 112 exposed on the tongue portion 122 . The reinforced conductor 13 also has a left side covering portion 133 , a right side covering portion 134 and a front side covering portion 135 , wherein the left side covering portion 133 covers the left edge portion 1221 of the tongue portion 122 and the right side covering portion 135 . 134 covers the right edge portion 1222 of the tongue portion 122, the front side cover portion 135 covers the front side edge portion 1223 of the tongue portion 122, and the left and right ends of the front side cover portion 135 are respectively connected to the left side cover portion 133. With the right side covering part 134, the left side covering part 133, the right side covering part 134 and the front side covering part 135 form a U-shaped frame body.

Furthermore, the reinforcing conductors 13 are also electrically connected to the spacer conductor layer 1111 and the conductive shell 14 to form a ground loop.

Referring to FIGS. 4B , 6A and 6B together, in this embodiment, the reinforcing conductor 13 has an elastic abutting structure 131 which can abut the conductive shell 14 to complete the connection between the reinforcing conductor 13 and the conductive shell 14 . electrical connection between. At the same time, a grounding structure 1111A is also formed on the spacer conductor layer 1111 (as shown in FIG. 2C , 4), it protrudes from the insulator 12 and contacts the reinforcement conductor 13, so as to complete the electrical connection between the spacer conductor layer 1111 and the reinforcement conductor 13.

In another embodiment, a positioning structure 1111B (refer to FIG. 2C and FIG. 4 ) is also formed on the intermediate conductor layer 1111, wherein the positioning structure 1111B protrudes from the insulator 12 and is clamped with the reinforcement conductor 13, so as to align the reinforcement conductor. 13 provides positioning. In this embodiment, the positioning structure 1111B and the grounding structure 1111A are designed to be the same element formed on the spacer conductor layer 1111 , so as to simplify the complexity of the internal structure of the electrical connector 1 and reduce the manufacturing cost. However, it is not limited to this, and the positioning structure 1111A and the grounding structure 1111B can also be set as different elements formed on the spacer conductor layer 1111 according to actual requirements.

Referring to FIG. 6A , in another embodiment, each conductive terminal 112 has a wiring portion 1122 , wherein the wiring portion 1122 is used to connect the wire 2 at the position of the insulator base 121 , and the wiring portion 1122 is located on each conductive terminal 112 The upper end is away from the contact portion 1121 .

Please continue to refer to FIG. 7 , in another embodiment, the electrical connector 1 further includes a covering body 15 for covering the insulator base 121 , so as to cover the conductive housing 14 , the insulator 12 and the wire 2 . The junction provides protection.

The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used for manufacturing the electrical connector 1 described in the above-mentioned embodiment, and the manufacturing method includes: First, the conductive terminals 112 are arranged on the opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer 111 respectively, and the semi-finished electrical connector 11 is formed with the insulating spacer 111 ; in this embodiment, the insulating spacer 111 includes a spacer The conductor layer 1111 and the spacer insulating layer 1112 located on opposite sides of the spacer conductor layer 1111 , wherein the spacer insulating layer 1112 can be laid on the opposite sides of the spacer conductor layer 1111 by glue injection.

Then, the insulator 12 is formed by burying injection and injection, and the insulator 12 is made to cover a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product 11 to form the insulator base 121 and the tongue portion 122; It is combined with the insulator 12 to provide structural reinforcement to the tongue portion 122 of the insulator 12 and expose the contact portions 1121 of the conductive terminals 112 .

Furthermore, the present invention also provides another method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used for manufacturing the electrical connector 1 shown in the above embodiment, and the manufacturing method includes: First, the conductive terminals 112 are respectively arranged on the opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer 111 to form the electrical connector semi-finished product 11 with the insulating spacer 111 ; then, the insulator 12 is formed by means of buried injection, and the insulator 12 is A part of the electrical connector semi-finished product 11 is covered to form the insulator base 121 and the tongue portion 122 ; then, the reinforcing conductor 13 is combined with the insulator 12 to provide structural reinforcement to the tongue portion 122 of the insulator 12 and expose the conductive terminals 112 The contact portion 1121 ; and then the conductive housing 14 is combined with the insulator base 121 to form a plug-in structure 142 ; finally, the wires 2 are respectively connected to the wiring portions 1122 to form an electrical connection with the conductive terminals 112 .

In one embodiment, the above method further includes providing a covering body 15 , and making the covering body 15 cover the insulator base 121 to provide protection at the junctions of the conductive shell 14 , the insulator 12 and the wire 2 .

To sum up, the electrical connector provided by the present invention provides structural reinforcement for the tongue of the electrical connector by adding reinforcing conductors inside the electrical connector, so as to improve the ease of the tongue of the conventional electrical connector during repeated plugging and unplugging. The problem of damage under operation to improve the service life of electrical connectors.

Furthermore, by making the additional reinforcement conductors electrically connect the spacer conductor layer and the conductive shell inside the electrical connector, a ground loop is formed in the electrical connector, thereby effectively reducing signal interference and improving the signal of the electrical connector. transfer effect.

In addition, the method for manufacturing the electrical connector of the present invention forms the insulator in the electrical connector by means of immersion injection, which can simplify the manufacturing process of the electrical connector.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can modify and change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the rights of this creation should be listed in the scope of the patent application for this creation.

1: Electrical connector

11: Semi-finished electrical connector

1111A: Grounding Structure

1111B: Positioning Structures

1121: Contact Department

121: Insulator base

122: Tongue

1221: Left edge part

1222: Right edge part

1223: Front edge part

13: Reinforced conductors

133: Left side cover

134: Right side covering

135: Front cover

14: Conductive shell

141: Hollow Structure

2: Wire

Claims (10)

An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating spacer, the insulating spacer includes a spacer conductor layer; a plurality of conductive terminals, the conductive terminals are respectively arranged on the opposite side surfaces of the insulating spacer , and the insulating spacer forms an electrical connector semi-finished product, and each of the conductive terminals includes a contact portion; an insulator, the insulating system covers a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product, and has an insulator base and a a tongue extending from the insulator base and exposing the contact portion of each of the conductive terminals; a reinforced conductor bonded to the insulator for providing structural reinforcement to the tongue, the reinforced conductor The system has a left side covering part, a right side covering part and a front side covering part, wherein the left side covering part covers the left edge part of the tongue part, and the right side covering part covers the tongue part The right edge portion of the front side covering portion covers the front side edge portion of the tongue portion, and the left and right ends of the front side covering portion are respectively connected to the left side covering portion and the right side covering portion, so that the The left cladding part, the right cladding part and the front cladding part form a U-shaped frame body; and a conductive shell, the conductive shell system has a hollow structure, and the conductive shell system is combined with the insulator base, The tongue portion is located inside the hollow structure to form a plug-in structure; wherein, the reinforced conductors are respectively electrically connected to the intermediate conductor layer and the conductive shell to form a ground loop. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate conductor layer further forms a positioning structure, and the positioning structure protrudes from the insulator to clamp the reinforced conductor to provide positioning for the reinforced conductor. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein a grounding structure is further formed on the intermediate conductor layer, and the grounding structure protrudes from the insulator to contact the reinforced conductor, so as to complete the isolation conduction The electrical connection between the bulk layer and the reinforcement conductor. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the reinforced conductor system has an elastic abutment structure, and the elastic abutment structure abuts against the conductive shell, so as to complete the connection between the reinforced conductor and the conductive shell electrical connection between. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein each of the conductive terminals has a wiring portion, the wiring portion is connected to the wire at the position of the insulator base, and the wiring portion is located on each of the conductive terminals away from the contact portion one end. The electrical connector of claim 5, further comprising a covering body, the covering system covering the insulator base to provide protection at the junction of the conductive shell, the insulator and the wire. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector is a female electrical connector, and the female electrical connector is used to electrically plug a male electrical connector, wherein the reinforcement The conductor system has a guiding structure, and the guiding structure is arranged at a position adjacent to the side edge of the tongue portion, so as to guide the male electrical connector into the plug-in structure, and connect with the conductive terminals exposed on the tongue portion. The contact portion is in electrical contact. A method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used for manufacturing the electrical connector as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the method for manufacturing the electrical connector comprises: disposing the conductive terminals on opposite two opposite sides of the insulating spacer, respectively. side surface, and the insulating spacer forms the electrical connector semi-finished product; the insulator is formed by embedding injection and injection, so that the insulator wraps a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product to form the insulator base and the tongue portion; The reinforcement conductor is bonded to the insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the tongue and to expose the contact portion of each of the conductive terminals; and The conductive shell is combined with the insulator base to form the plug-in structure. A method for manufacturing an electrical connector, which is used to manufacture the electrical connector as described in item 5 of the scope of the application, the method for manufacturing the electrical connector comprises: arranging the conductive terminals on opposite two opposite sides of the insulating spacer, respectively. side surface, and the insulating spacer forms the electrical connector semi-finished product; the insulator is formed by embedding injection and injection, so that the insulator wraps a part of the electrical connector semi-finished product to form the insulator base and the tongue portion; The reinforcing conductor is combined with the insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the tongue and expose the contact portion of each of the conductive terminals; the conductive shell is combined with the insulator base to form the plug-in structure; and the wire is Connect the terminals respectively. The method for manufacturing an electrical connector according to claim 9, further comprising providing a covering body, so that the covering body covers the insulator base.

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